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Table.6 Differences between patients with initial trauma of LOW OR HIGH energy (n = 70)

From: Characteristics of intramedullary nail breakage in pertrochanteric femur fractures: a summary of 70 cases

Parameters

Initial trauma

Odds ratio (95%CI)

p value

Low energy (n = 57)

High energy (n = 13)

Age(years) (mean, min–max)

76.4 ± 11.2

54.8 ± 13.3

 

0.0001

Gender (n, %)

    

 Female

33 (57.9%)

3 (23.1%)

  

 Male

16 (28.1%)

9 (69.2%)

0.162 (0.038–0.680)

0.019

 No data

8 (14.0%)

1 (7.7%)

  

AO/OTA classification (n, %)

  

1.414 (0.388–5.153)

0.834

 A1&A2

22 (38.6%)

4 (30.8%)

  

 A3

35 (61.4%)

9 (69.2%)

  

Broken nails (n, %)

  

0.889 (0.242–3.262)

1.000

 Short

38 (66.7%)

9 (69.2%)

  

 Long

19 (33.3%)

4 (30.8%)

  

Time from surgery to breakage (months) (mean, min–max)

9.4 ± 12.4

9.3 ± 5.7

 

0.318

Self-dynamism before breakage (n, %)

  

1.600 (0.367–6.984)

0.825

 Yes

9 (15.8%)

3 (23.1%)

  

 No

48 (84.2%)

10 (76.9%)